Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-21

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Madison Buell., 90 electrician Of consider
sble prominence, hes just road pspse %
scriptiva NJ Q trip TO the MOON 0es0se w
Buffalo Electrical soc,esy. II 10 ase0sy equA
u that oi Jules Verne, from sclentiiio poin
VI view, u,s lecture wAs fully illustrated
and will attract general attention amOnl
electricians Hs said, s,nons other things
the following:
Tho i,rss important point was socrssy. The
second was I" that In affairs Of magnitude
d,s.iain not 10 taks counsel, and this latter
the most Important was moro than full =
realiz nj ny taking into my conn denc0 mv
estse,nesi associates, Pro's Kitten, Terry and
Finn. Having conceived the design Oe I
great elsctricsi ship, or aerial car, tho vsriOus
parts wsrs entrusted to different work men.
The aerial car In made Of aluminium and
phosphorus brOtzs The body OF the car ID
eight icct high, eight feet In diameter, and IN
constructed ~ N be entirely closed In with
many electrical devices Tor tho purpose Of
e,evAtin9. depressing and dir6cting its
course From the centre Ot the car there OF
tends an up right cylindrical and hollow
Aluminium shatt tO the height Of 20 fest In
side Of tho hollow shaft there 10 Q solid shsit
II tho finest steel. Al its upper extremity,
mere In rosstte wheel made Of aluminium,
the diameter of VIII ich Ia 30 fact, firmly bOlted
In tho hub OF the shaft Rsdtoai arms OF.
tend from the end of this SHAFT, and upon
49," .'V """k ~" INV socuous mSu0 " utu
tiots ot steel, which, by connecting rods, can
be .et At angle ranging from IS TO ESQ
ine wheel and shsft are properly esfougtn.
ened aud held In pOsition by delicate but
strong steel cords running from the sides OF
.ne car ~ steeI nsnRSs which oAtonue over
the top Of the shaft and also to tho brOnzs
oanu surr0und'ng mo sections oi Tue isn'u3o
wheel the stesl SHAFT 10 goared Dy coy
~hSeis u All eitrtfo MOTOR OF now en0
novel design. Another steel shalt Connected
In a ~
Ieet beyoud BOTH Sides ot the car, ana upon
thts sbaf, there y p,Assd at one end rO0~stO
wheel similar to the other, but only OF
niameter OF 10 teee Upon tue other end OF
this shalt there n counter weight
SHARPLY pointed. The first large whsol II
caiiei tho ASCENSION wheel, ana tho smaller
ouS the propeller.
Tnree ieot above the needle fOur incaud6a-
cent lamps are hung, connected by suitable
devices with the storage batteries. There are
Two storage batteries beneath the car, In ctr
cuiar iorin. made from ths new mstsrial lith.
hnoue Tbis material torins tho negative
pole o' the battery, and u is peroxids oi lead,
III uens", coherout ana hlsh'y couuucting
Iotml bs"e~'h 'he storage ostesy, properIy
suspended, - ho'H 'ntHi van0 tnroe ioet
a'"e' one incn thick shd 20 Ieot long, nfiniy
craced, which ~ used Tor the purpose OF
stoerase. Tue cArs course u easily cOnIfoiiod
ny TINS simple device, tue slightest move.
ment OF It's op,fAunK wheel causing tho reel
W u ny chanstux Us direction 10 tho point
des'feu.
MARVELLOUS VOYAGE.
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the wheel incre.s Il the speed the car
= waved u aud fro for = m pmsnt, aud then
gently nut slowly a.ssndei into the great
real IA abovsus Ia less tims than can 70.
surrounding country were far beneath US
Three tnous and feet Ia mid. AIR, ~ ind icatsd
by tb. barometer, aud what q scene wss
spre4i out b,tpre us. Oid Lake Eris and
tho beautiful y ,agara river lay siIetcheai out
iu th.,r pl.,it b.,nty rns sun nlumined
with his tuid gold tna Dius hills OF Ham.
burg Tn. .m.li silv.ry hair lines, dtyerx.
ing In All air.c,,,os from the CITY, indicated
the cour.. OF tn- navy s.iirn.ds
A. ,h,y ~-r. ~ p,-.,ux through y clio I'd they
lost .ipnt ot the wD,id, ~hersupJu Mr..
Buell. cputtums:
Prof X it,ou q .ncsd u, the barometer. II
stood IL. sbo stux a height ot three miles
and iour.,spths above tn, sea level, with Q
Jeus,ty of on.-halt and All a,mos pheric pro,
sure III seven s1t hve-tenths pounds 10 the
square iuca Up to ini. ne the motor had
been used a. tbe means ot converting Il 0
electric. Al currents resolved from the strong
battery, into ths energy al n.ch.n,cAi mo
ton, ana toy wh,rh VIZ hat b.sn enAoI. d to
ssc.ud with ease. As Ill u-tratsd u you, tho
electro motor can TIA used N = Hsusratnr OF
sls,tric.i current, By tue energy OF mechan.
iosl mp,ion, aud hsrsin co,sists the imppr.
tsut advantage N the u>s ot stsctricity tor
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